State police said in November they found the victim in the fetal position on the floor of a Hazle Township Apartment, bleeding profusely.

The woman told an emergency medical technician at the scene that Paulino had inserted a closed fist into her, police said.

She indicated to state police that she did not want the act to occur and screamed throughout the assault, according to the affidavit. It began when she and Paulino were about to engage in consensual sex, police said, but Paulino "freaked out" and started choking her.

The attack ended, the woman told police, when one of her minor children heard screaming and entered the bedroom.

Family members of the victim appearing as witnesses at the sentencing told the court that the victim's children have been depressed and having panic attacks following the attack on their mother. The victim's grandmother said one of her great grandchildren, a 9 year old, has twice attempted suicide.

According to the victim's grandmother, one of the woman's children tries to stop her from wearing makeup, reasoning that, "If she's ugly, no man will look at her. No man will hurt her."

The woman's mother said she fears her daughter will be permanently disabled because of the attack, living the rest of her life with a colostomy bag.

Paulino was also sentenced Thursday to serve two to four years -- to be served consecutive to the assault sentence -- for a separate drug case in which he also entered a guilty plea.

Defense attorney Joseph Sklarosky Sr. urged the court to consider his client's issues with drugs in the sentencing. Paulino was not in his right mind, his attorney said, and would never have acted as such had he been.

"He chose to take those drugs," Violi responded.

Earlier in Pierantoni's afternoon session, Jason Paulino -- identified in police records as Emmanuel Paulino's brother -- received a sentence of two to four years in the same felony drug case, in which Jason Paulino, 31, of West Hazleton, also entered a guilty plea.

The Paulinos were also ordered by the court to pay restitution of $239 in the case and a $1,000 fine. Both men were remanded into custody.